Preventing Alzheimer

We know that olive oil contains 230 compounds. The most crucial of them, as we already mentioned, are the antioxidants – carotenes & phenolic.

Regarding phenols, the hydroxytyrosol can help us protect ourselves against heart diseases and it can play also a key role in slowing down tumors’ growth. It can also protect cells from oxidative stress and reduce neurotoxicity too.

Dropping Down Alzheimer

Nowadays, 30 million people are suffering from Alzheimer's dementia and this number is estimated to be tripled in the next 20 years. In 2013, an important report was published at the ACS Chemical Neuroscience Journal mentioning how extra-virgin olive oil can help us halt Alzheimer's disease.

It is known that one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases is Alzheimer. Last year, a research in Italy has found that 2 proteins and key enzymes were the critical elements of the amyloid-beta removal from the brain. The aforementioned components are two of the most important antioxidants of olive oil: oleuropein aglycone and oleocanthal – it reduces the accumulation of b- amloyid protein (associated with Alzheimer Disease).